George Augustus Schomberg


Sir George Augustus Schomberg was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career

Born the son of Admiral Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, Schomberg was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery. He served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War and then commanded the Royal Marine Artillery in China during the Second Opium War.
He became colonel commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery on 10 April 1867 and then went on to be Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1872 before retiring in August 1875.